Annotations for Star Trek: A Time for War, a Time for Peace
by Keith R.A. DeCandido

What follows are explanations of references in the ninth and final novel of the A Time... series of Star Trek novels. Be warned that this page includes a huge number of SPOILERS for, not just this book, but many many many Trek episodes, movies, novels, comic books, short stories, and eBooks.

If you have any questions, find any errors, or think something is missing, don't hesitate to e-mail me.

Initial citations are provided as follows:

Television episodes are listed in "quotation marks," followed by an abbreviation of the TV show in question:

Movie titles are listed in italics.
Novel and eBook titles are listed in italics, followed by the author of the novel, with a prefix indicating series (a lack of prefix means it crosses more than one series):

Short story titles are listed in "quotation marks," followed by the author of the story, followed by the book or magazine that the story appeared in in (parentheses and italicized).
Comic book titles are listed in italics, followed by the writer of the comic book.

Subsequent citations of the same work will be limited to the title, without byline or series indicators.

Sisko was the commander of Deep Space 9, which was at the forefront of the war effort. Sisko led the fleet that took Cardassia Prime, the decisive victory in the war, in "What You Leave Behind."

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That the Statue of Liberty still stands in the 24th century was established in "Safe Harbors" by Howard Weinstein (Tales of the Dominion War).

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The Breen attacked Earth and destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge in "The Changing Face of Evil" (DS9).

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The Federation signed a treaty with the Cardassians two years prior to "The Wounded" (TNG), though their oppression of Bajor, established in "Ensign Ro" (TNG), continued for some time, until "Chain of Command Part 1" (TNG).

The Federation came down on the Cardassians' side in the Klingon-Cardassian conflict begun in "The Way of the Warrior," which sundered the Federation-Klingon alliance. Cardassia then joined the Dominion in "By Inferno's Light" (DS9).

Klingon conquest was established in their very first appearance in "Errand of Mercy" (TOS). That they still conquer worlds was established in "The Mind's Eye" (TNG), Diplomatic Implausibility, GKN: A Good Day to Die by Keith R.A. DeCandido, and Honor Bound.

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The Children of San-Tarah were conquered by the Klingons in Honor Bound. The Brenlekki were conquered in A Good Day to Die.

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Admiral Norah Satie first appeared in "The Drumhead" (TNG), where she came out of retirement to investigate an act of sabotage on the Enterprise-D. She went back into retirement, this time in disgrace, after that episode.

The Daughters of the American Revolution is a volunteer women's service organization founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington D.C. on Earth, dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children.

The Order of the Bat'leth was introduced in "Apocalypse Rising." Its origins as a society created to maintain Kahless's doctrine after his death were provided in A Good Day to Die.

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Troi's response of "Yuck!" to kissing Riker when he had a beard was established in Insurrection, after which he shaved the beard. He grew the beard back shortly prior to A Time to Love.

Troi's affinity for chocolate was first established in "The Price" (TNG).

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Lieutenant Commander Domenica Corsi first appeared as the security chief of the U.S.S. da Vinci in The Belly of the Beast, which is also where her past relationship with Vale was first hinted at. The full story of their past will be established in SCE: Security by Keith R.A. DeCandido.

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Ensign Almonte first appeared in A Time to Love.

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The Prometheus-class ship was established in "Message in a Bottle" (VOY). The Cerberus was established as Ross's flagship in Avatar Book 1.

The Enterprise-D's first mission was to Farpoint Station, as established in "Encounter at Farpoint."

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The being known as Q first appeared in "Encounter at Farpoint," and he continued to show up regularly on the Enterprise.

Wesley Crusher first appeared as a teenager in "Encounter at Farpoint." He was made an acting ensign in "Where No One Has Gone Before" and given a full commission in "Ménàge à Trois" (TNG). He left the Enterprise-D to attend Starfleet Academy in "Final Mission" (TNG), but became disillusioned with the Academy after being reprimanded and forced to repeat a year in "The First Duty" (TNG). He left the Academy and became a Traveler in "Journey's End."

Ross recommended Worf for the ambassadorial position in "What You Leave Behind."

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The "vision" Worf refers to is the future version of Alexander who came back in time and pretended to be K'mtar in "Firstborn."

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Worf was taken in after the Khitomer Massacre by Starfleet Chief Petty Officer Sergey Rozhenko, as established in "Heart of Glory" and "Family."
The host of the Dax symbiont prior to Jadzia was Curzon Dax, who served as a Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire for many years, as established in "Blood Oath" (DS9).

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The battle simulation on the Hathaway occurred in "Peak Performance."

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Lieutenant Commander Ranul Keru was introduced as a stellar cartographer in Section 31: Rogue by Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin. He will have been established as transferring to security in (and will get a promotion just prior to) TTN: Taking Wing by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels.